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09177 Naihe, John W., konohiki
Claim Number: 09177
Claimant: Kauila
Other claimant:Naihe, John W., konohiki
Other name:
Island: Hawaii
District: Kona, North
Ahupuaa: Puapuaa 1, Puapuaa 2, Puapuaa 3 (Puapuaaiki, Puapuaanui)
Ili: Kamuku, Haleolono, Lauhulu, Haliipalala, Waipio
Statistics: 3891 characters 620 words
No. 9177, Kauila, Puaa 2, Kona, Hawaii, February 10, 1848
N.R. 462-463v8


Greetings to all of you Land Commissioners: I, Kauila, the konohiki, hereby state my claims. The kihapais which are worked as po`ahas at Puapuaa 1 and Puapuaa 2 - those are my ahupua`as /over which he is konohiki/. The first kihapai is at Puapuaa iki, 1000 fathoms by 30 fathoms, circumference of 2006 /sic/,, another kihapai is 80 fathoms by 5 fathoms, 170 fathoms in circumference, another is 30 fathoms by 4 fathoms, circumference of 68 fathoms, another is 40 fathoms by 4 fathoms, circumference of 88 fathoms. That is the end of the kihapais which are worked as po`ahas.

Of those worked on by my own hands, the first is 15 fathoms by 10 fathoms, circumference of 40 f ....

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.... land
Ka`u by Puapuaa 2 land
Makai by Nahau's land
Kohala by Kawainui's land.
2 cultivated kihapais.

Section 8 - Ili at Waipio.
Mauka and Ka`u by Kalua's land
Makai by Konohiki
Kohala by Nahau's land.
3 cultivated kihapais.

Land from Kuakini in 1842, no one has objected to this /Him/.

Kala, sworn, He has seen in the ili land of Haleape in Puapuaa 2 ahupuaa, 16 kihapais. The boundaries are not known to Nahau but Kauila will talk to the surveyor when he shall come. Kauila's interst was from Kuakini in 1842, no objections.

See Page 586 (No. 586 not on microfilm)

[Award 9177; R.P. 4348; Puapuaa N. Kona; 3 ap.; 3.75 Acs; See also No. 7357 not awarded]